DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 06/23 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1332z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.9 - - 74.4 - - 73.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 204 - - 153 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4540 - - 6073 - - 3697 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3840 - - 4837 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5429 - - 6962 - - 4586 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 2379 - - 1339 - - 3765 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 412 - - 412 - - 123 W* B/S - - - - - - 16 - - 50 - - 15 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 5 - - 1 - - 1 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 017 - - 306 - - 156 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 5 - - 3 - - 5 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - 3 - - 16 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 118 - - 928 - - -435 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5312 - - 6034 - - 5021 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -1565 - - 22 - - -1513 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6994 - - 6940 - - 6099 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 73 - - 72 - - 83 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 20 - - 30 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 71.9 - - 74.4 - - 73.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 52.0 - - 51.3 - - 55.4 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 70.7 - - 73.4 - - 74.4 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 50.7 - - 50.0 - - 54.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 204 - - 153 - - -2 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4540 - - 6073 - - 3697 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 30 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 7 - - 7 - - 9 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99484 31 075 21 084 32 071 99484 91922 25 084 20 076 25 076 91922 86077 19 092 20 081 20 074 86077 81239 16 103 17 087 11 077 81239 77078 16 113 10 100 9 078 77078 73388 11 097 12 116 4 111 73388 70043 6 095 11 104 4 112 70043 66972 2 176 8 051 4 064 66972 64128 8 234 5 289 8 321 64128 61372 11 199 8 252 12 290 61372 58509 7 264 15 274 20 283 58509 55557 16 266 18 274 22 283 55557 52740 18 257 25 278 24 283 52740 50195 22 272 27 273 29 285 50195 47922 31 286 31 276 43 282 47922 45880 32 273 40 287 46 281 45880 44022 37 293 49 284 56 298 44022 42327 57 294 61 306 72 298 42327 40775 63 296 80 303 78 295 40775 39333 69 298 87 300 80 292 39333 37971 72 300 87 298 78 288 37971 36647 75 303 85 297 78 286 36647 35297 75 303 83 296 77 285 35297 33892 74 303 79 297 77 285 33892 32434 71 304 76 297 75 287 32434 30909 70 303 73 296 71 289 30909 29304 66 305 67 297 65 293 29304 27619 54 306 58 298 58 296 27619 25857 51 308 55 296 45 292 25857 24021 44 309 50 300 42 280 24021 22108 42 300 40 296 42 282 22108 20109 29 299 33 302 36 284 20109 18019 20 290 28 297 35 282 18019 15888 17 286 23 290 27 292 15888 13839 10 298 16 295 18 305 13839 11981 11 304 15 306 15 316 11981 10336 11 300 13 316 18 312 10336 8884 11 325 7 300 17 302 8884 7595 13 341 3*297 12 295 7595 6452 11*335 3*299 7 287 6452 5437 7*341 2 299 4*270 5437 4541 5 008 2 304 3*258 4541 3748 5 016 1 305 2 229 3748 3037 5 023 1 314 1 178 3037 2408 5 028 1 316 2 135 2408 1883 5 030 1 327 3 126 1883 1480 5 034 1 337 3 123 1480 1203 4 035 0 347 3 123 1203 1034 4 036 0 341 3 122 1034 938 4 035 0 346 3 121 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography